THEME EXPLORATION

spiritual transcendence

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Wings of Desire
Wings of Desire
1987 · Wim Wenders
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Kundun
Kundun
1997 · Martin Scorsese
Tropical Malady
Tropical Malady
2004 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Princess Mononoke
Princess Mononoke
1997 · Hayao Miyazaki
The Garden
The Garden
1995 · Martin Šulík
The Testament of Ann Lee
The Testament of Ann Lee
2026 · Mona Fastvold
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
2026 · Juan Jose Meza-Leon
Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions
Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions
2026 · Satoshi Kuwabara
Agostino d’Ippona
Agostino d’Ippona
1972 · Roberto Rossellini
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Carlos Reygadas Mexico · Mexico City

Extended temporal meditation where bodily presence and spiritual yearning dissolve into unified, demanding visual prayer.

 Souleymane Cissé Mali · Bamako

Cinema of ritual and resistance—images that honor time, memory, and the sacred within the political.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet

Slow, visually poetic meditations on time, spirituality, and human consciousness.